The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom: America and China, 1776 to the Present - Paperback
by John Pomfret
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Picador USAISBN-13:9781250160638ISBN-10:1250160634UPC:9781250160638Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Asia, International RelationsBook Topic:ChinaSize:9.20 x 6.10 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.5013Product ID:SCEJM973SV
A Remarkable History of the Two-Centuries-Old Relationship Between the United States and China, from the Revolutionary War to the Present Day
From the clipper ships that ventured to Canton hauling cargos of American ginseng to swap for Chinese tea, and the Yankee missionaries who brought Christianity and education to China, to the Chinese who built the American West, the United States and China have always been dramatically intertwined. While we tend to think of America's ties with China as starting in 1972 with the visit of President Richard Nixon to China, the patterns---rapturous enchantment followed by angry disillusionment---were set in motion hundreds of years earlier. A fascinating and thrilling account, The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom is also an indispensable book for understanding the most important relationship between any two countries in the world.Languages:EnglishPublisher:Picador USAISBN-13:9781250160638ISBN-10:1250160634UPC:9781250160638Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Asia, International RelationsBook Topic:ChinaSize:9.20 x 6.10 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.5013Product ID:SCEJM973SV
John Pomfret served as a correspondent for the Washington Post for two decades, covering wars, revolutions, and China. He is the author of the acclaimed book Chinese Lessons, and has won awards for his reporting on Asia, including the Osborne Elliot Prize. He holds a BA and MA from Stanford University and was one of the first American students to go to China after relations were normalized. Pomfret was expelled from China after the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989. Most recently, he was a Fulbright senior scholar in Beijing.
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